Chilean documentary filmmaker Ignacio Agüero will be honored with a retrospective at the 25th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Intl. Film Festival, which takes place April 23-May 3 on Spain’s Gran Canaria island.  The tribute will celebrate the life and career of the groundbreaking and award-winning documentarian, known for films including “Cien niños esperando un tren” […]

Brazil’s development and training hub BrLab has announced the winners of its 15th edition, with Miami-based FiGa Films acquiring the sales rights to Val Hidalgo and Alice Stamato’s prizewinning drama “Ninho Tinto” (Red Nest). The film from the Brazilian duo was among 12 projects selected for the annual event, which hosts producers, directors and writers from across Latin America, Spain and Portugal for […]

Spanish filmmaker Eva Libertad’s solo debut feature “Deaf” (Sorda) has won the 2026 Lux Audience Award, which was handed out at a ceremony Tuesday evening in Brussels. The award, which is decided through voting by European citizens and members of the European Parliament, went to a film that has racked up a string of prizes since its […]